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TOMIC v. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PEORIA

No. 04-4219.

442 F.3d 1036 (2006)

Richard TOMIC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PEORIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 4, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Thomas (argued), Peoria, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karen L. Kendall, Craig L. Unrath (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This age-discrimination suit by the former music director and organist of a Catholic diocese, dismissed on a motion to dismiss, requires us to consider the scope of the rule that federal courts may not exercise jurisdiction over the internal affairs of religious associations.

Richard Tomic was employed as the music director and organist both of a Roman Catholic church in Peoria (St. Mary's Cathedral) and of the Peoria diocese itself...

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